Wheel-fender.



UNITED STATES atentea May se, 1903.

PATENT OEEICE.

WHEEL-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,263, dated May 26,1903.

Application iiled September 6, 1902. Serial No. 122,417. (No :nodal-Jject being to prevent hay, straw, or weeds being caught and roped in thehub; and my invention consists substantially in a sheetmetal disk,preferably of galvanized iron, having a central hole to receive the axleand provided with a V-shaped notch from the hole to the periphery andadapted to have the edges formed thereby riveted or otherwise securedtogether, whereby a concave-convex guard or fender is formed whichengages the spokes of the wheels, to which it is secured at its outeredge, embracing the axle just inside of the hub, whereby the hub isprotected from material catching'and winding therein.

The invention further consists in certain additional details ofconstruction, which will be fully described in connection with the partsmentioned, and pointed out in the,

claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a View showing my improvedguard or fender applied to a wheel. Fig. 2 is a section, and Fig. 3 is adetached View, of the blank from which theguard or fender is formed.

The fender or guard comprises-a disk A, of

sheet metal, preferably galvanized iron-say twenty-seven inches indiameter for a fourfoot wheel, varying with necessities and with thesize of the wheel. This disk has a round hole l in the center of a sizesuitable to receive the axle of the hay rake, loader, or impler'nent. AV-shaped notch is cut from this hole to the outer edge of the diskhaving the form of arentrant angle, the edges of which 'of the vnotchmay'first be rivetedtogether before applying the device to axle and thensecured to the wheel, or it may be iirst slipped over the axle and theedges afterward riveted together. In any event when the guard or `fenderis in position its center embraces the axle just inside of the inner endof the hub, while the outer edge'is secured to spokes of the Wheel. Inthis Way a simple and inexpensive device is provided, which at the sametime is effectual in the accomplishment of the purposes required, and byits use I find that the difficulties heretofore experienced can beentirely obviated. At the same time this is a device which can be madeand applied at a trifiingcost and will not in any wise detract from theappearance of the machine or add anything to its weight.

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the details ofconstruction without the departure from the spirit and scope of myinvention, and hence I do not care to be limited to the preciseconstruction shown and described; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with an axle, and wheel, of a guard or fender of dishedform engaging the wheel at its outer periphery, and the axle loosely atits center thereby formingla guard for the hub as well as the spokes ofthe wheel.

In testimony whereof I have signed. this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL BooTIIE.

Witnesses:

H. TRUE, THos. W. FURLONG.

